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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Pendleton, OR

April 6, 2019Wheeler County, Oregon

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this river flood warning at Apr 6, 2019, 10:02 PM PDT for Wheeler County, Oregon. It took effect at Apr 8, 2019, 9:54 AM PDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2019, 10:02 PM PDT (05:02 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 8, 2019, 9:54 AM PDT
Expired
Apr 16, 2019, 8:41 PM PDT
In force
8 days
Issued by
NWS Pendleton, OR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

County Wheeler County, OR

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point John Day River at Service Creek (SERO3). The gauge peaked at 16.29 ft at Apr 9, 2019, 9:00 PM PDT.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
11.5 ft
Moderate stage
12.5 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 14046500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 6, 8:36 PM PDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 8:36 PM PDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pendleton, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 7:20 PM PDTRiver Flood WatchPDTUnion4 days
Apr 6, 7:20 PM PDTRiver Flood WatchPDTUnion, Wallowa72 hr
Apr 6, 10:02 PM PDTRiver Flood WarningPDTGrant4 days
Apr 6, 10:02 PM PDTRiver Flood WarningPDTUnion4 days
Apr 6, 10:02 PM PDTRiver Flood WarningPDTWallowa5 days
Apr 6, 10:02 PM PDTRiver Flood WarningPDTUmatilla4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oregon, 2019Every river flood warning in 2019

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.